US president Donald Trump. Photo: AP

US president Donald Trump. Photo: AP

US President Donald Trump on Friday criticized the European Union’s decision to fine Google €2.95 billion over antitrust concerns and threatened a wider trade probe against the EU in response to the move.

“We cannot let this happen to brilliant and unprecedented American Ingenuity and, if it does, I will be forced to start a Section 301 proceeding to nullify the unfair penalties being charged to these taxpaying American companies,” Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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